THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE
- E. Wright, P. Eisenhardt, Chao-Wei Tsai
- Physics
- 30 July 2010
The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, and the Two Micron All Sky…
The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)
- G. Rieke, E. Young, P. Richards
- Physics
- 1 September 2004
The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) provides long-wavelength capability for the mission in imaging bands at 24, 70, and 160 μm and measurements of spectral energy distributions…
THE SPITZER c2d LEGACY RESULTS: STAR-FORMATION RATES AND EFFICIENCIES; EVOLUTION AND LIFETIMES
- N. Evans, M. Dunham, A. Sargent
- Physics
- 6 November 2008
The c2d Spitzer Legacy project obtained images and photometry with both IRAC and MIPS instruments for five large, nearby molecular clouds. Three of the clouds were also mapped in dust continuum…
THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III
- S. Alam, F. D. Albareti, Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy
- Physics
- 5 January 2015
The third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) took data from 2008 to 2014 using the original SDSS wide-field imager, the original and an upgraded multi-object fiber-fed optical…
THE SPITZER–WISE SURVEY OF THE ECLIPTIC POLES
- T. Jarrett, M. Cohen, D. Yan
- Physics
- 10 July 2011
We have carried out a survey of the north and south ecliptic poles, EP-N and EP-S, respectively, with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The primary…
SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey
- C. Lonsdale, H. E. Smith, S. Serjeant
- Physics
- 1 May 2001
The SIRTF Wide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE), the largest SIRTF Legacy program, is a wide‐area imaging survey to trace the evolution of dusty, star‐forming galaxies, evolved stellar…
MIPSGAL: A Survey of the Inner Galactic Plane at 24 and 70 μm
- S. Carey, A. Noriega-Crespo, L. Testi
- Physics
- 1 December 2005
MIPSGAL is a 278 deg2 survey of the inner Galactic plane using the Multiband Infrared Photometer for Spitzer aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. The survey field was imaged in two passbands, 24 and…
Explanatory Supplement to the AllWISE Data Release Products
- R. Cutri, E. Wright, M. Wittman
- Computer Science, GeologyWISE
- 1 November 2013
The c2d Spitzer Spectroscopic Survey of Ices around Low-Mass Young Stellar Objects. I. H2O and the 5-8 μm Bands
- A. Boogert, K. Pontoppidan, K. Stapelfeldt
- Physics
- 28 November 2007
To study the physical and chemical evolution of ices in solar-mass systems, a spectral survey is conducted of a sample of 41 low-luminosity YSOs (L ∼ 0.1–10 L☉) using 3-38 μm Spitzer and ground-based…
Explanatory Supplement to the WISE All-Sky Data Release Products
- R. Cutri, E. Wright, M. Wittman
- Computer ScienceWISE
- 1 March 2012
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